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John A. Houston
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John A. Houston

District judge · Superior Court of Southern District of California County · 2005–2026

Judge, District Court, S.D. California 2003–

D+
99% — 505.5 of 513 orders sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 68% of 51 graded judges

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b's verdicts on a court's own orders matched a later appeal 76% of the time (104 of 136), graded on a curve: A is the top fifth of the judges graded under this model, F the bottom fifth; ++ / + / − / −− within the band. How the grade is made.

98cases reviewed on appeal
536opinions authored
551panels sat on (not as author)
23%reversed, in whole or part, of 81 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 62 reversed in part 8 reversed 7 vacated 4 remanded 2 dismissed 2

The Ninth Circuit's later rulings on their dockets

affirmed 3 reversed in part 2 vacated 1

Each Ninth Circuit opinion that names a docket this judge wrote an order on, by its outcome; the ruling it reviewed is not always the order in the record. The order's page links the opinion.

Areas

criminal 54 civil 41 delinquency 3

By year: 2018 12 · 2011 10 · 2019 9 · 2010 9 · 2020 8 · 2017 8 · 2023 5 · 2016 5 · 2022 4 · 2021 4 · 2013 3 · 2009 3 · 2008 3 · 2007 3 · 2026 2 · 2025 2 · 2012 2 · 2006 2 · 2024 1 · 2015 1 · 2014 1 · 2005 1 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases authored (every role)

  1. Hayes v. FT LA Cascada TIC, LLC 3:20-cv-01801 · 2021-08-19 · civil
  2. Warren v. Parsons 3:20-cv-00405 · 2021-08-09 · civil
  3. Haynes v. Chau 3:19-cv-02257 · 2021-07-20 · civil
  4. Mendoza v. National City, City of 3:18-cv-00775 · 2021-07-09 · civil
  5. Jackson v. Covello et.al. 3:19-cv-02444-JAH-MMP · 2021-06-30 · civil
  6. Dorsey v. Paramo 3:20-cv-00843 · 2021-06-29 · civil
  7. Pachito v. Tampkins 3:15-cv-02457 · 2021-06-03 · civil · writ denied
  8. Briceno v. Williams 3:16-cv-01665 · 2021-06-02 · civil
  9. McNeil v. Montgomery 3:21-cv-00860 · 2021-06-01 · civil
  10. Cimmino v. United States of America 3:20-cv-01451 · 2021-05-17 · civil
  11. Romero v. United States Department of Justice 3:19-cv-02138 · 2021-05-17 · civil
  12. Jimenez-Vega v. United States 3:20-cv-00531 · 2021-05-14 · civil
  13. West v. Reliant Financial Corporation 3:20-cv-00678 · 2021-05-04 · civil
  14. Alawad v. Figueroa 3:16-cv-02227 · 2021-03-30 · civil · other
  15. Duell v. Genser 3:20-cv-01145 · 2021-03-30 · civil
  16. Lamar v. Legoland California, LLC. 3:20-cv-01049 · 2021-03-30 · civil
  17. Vanis v. Nielsen 3:20-cv-01047 · 2021-03-30 · civil
  18. Bautista v. Merlin Entertainments Group U.S. Holdings Inc. 3:20-cv-01128 · 2021-03-30 · civil
  19. Johnson v. United States 3:20-cv-01476 · 2021-03-24 · civil
  20. Zambrano-Burgos v. United States 3:19-cv-00152 · 2021-03-19 · civil
  21. Dorado v. Crumb 3:20-cv-01936 · 2021-03-19 · civil
  22. Albin v. R.J. Donovan 3:20-cv-00471 · 2021-03-19 · civil
  23. Humphries v. Newsome 3:20-cv-00659 · 2021-03-15 · civil
  24. Emrit v. Secretary Betsy DeVos 3:20-cv-00266 · 2021-03-10 · civil
  25. Smith v. Wolf 3:20-cv-01409 · 2021-03-08 · civil